RELLIS Campus

05/29/2026

The Texas A&M University System today recognized a major milestone in advanced nuclear energy development as Last Energy announced U.S. Department of Energy approval of the Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis for its PWR-5 pilot reactor project at the RELLIS Campus.

The approval marks an important step toward operation of the microreactor demonstration project now under construction at RELLIS, where the Texas A&M System is building one of the nation’s leading hubs for next-generation energy research, testing and workforce development.

05/12/2026

05/10/2026

04/23/2026

Did you know the Texas A&M System owns the biggest gun in Texas?

The Ballistic, Aero-optics, and Materials (BAM) Range at the (tag) George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex is a national-scale, fully enclosed research, experimentation, and test facility–and is effectively the biggest gun in Texas!

10/17/2025

Tomorrow, we welcome nearly 1,000 students from the Texas FFA Association to the AggieFest leadership development events! The TAMU Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications hosts various speaking events on the RELLIS Campus and welcomes participants from across the state.

We are proud to support the next generation of ag leaders!

10/15/2025

Today, Last Energy and Texas A&M University System announced a major step forward in advanced nuclear innovation with the deployment of a pilot microreactor at RELLIS Campus.

The pilot will feature Last Energy’s PWR-5 reactor, a 5-megawatt microreactor built to initially demonstrate safe, low-power criticality and, then in later phases, the ability to generate electricity for the grid. The project is fully financed with private capital and is expected to begin testing in the summer of next year: tx.ag/TAMUS105125

10/02/2025

10/01/2025

Texas A&M-RELLIS is proud to soon be the home of the Texas 4-H Youth Development Program headquarters, adding to the exceptional facilities on our campus. This well-established and long-revered program perfectly embodies the guiding principles of the Texas A&M RELLIS campus – Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service. Welcome aboard, Texas 4-H!

Big news for Texas youth and families!

For the first time, the Texas 4-H Youth Development Program will have an official headquarters. The renovated facility at The Texas A&M University System's RELLIS Campus will serve as a hub for leadership, learning and opportunity for more than 500,000 youth across all 254 Texas counties.

This is more than just a building — it’s a new chapter for the nation’s largest 4-H program. Learn more: at tx.ag/Texas4HHeadquarters

09/18/2025

Chancellor Glenn Hegar has announced the return of John A. Barton to lead operations at RELLIS Campus, the A&M System’s premier applied research campus. Barton previously served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives from 2016-2018, where he helped launch RELLIS.

Read more: tx.ag/RELLIS091025

07/31/2025

$59.8 million has been allocated to the A&M System's George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex by the Texas Legislature to develop a way to use pilotless Blackhawk helicopters to combat wildfires, a project seeking to revolutionize how Texas responds to fighting the wildfires that ravage the state each year.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - DARPA selected the A&M System to collaborate on the agency’s Aircrew Labor In-cockpit Automation System, better known as ALIAS. Other key A&M System contributors to the project include Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's Autonomy Research Institute, Texas Division of Emergency Management, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service - TEEX, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, and the Texas A&M Forest Service.

Learn more about this effort: tx.ag/TAMUS73125